Folding feed-box for wagons



(No Model.)

C. E. WINTRODE & E. L. GRIFFITH.

FOLDING FEED BOX FOR WAGONS.

Patented July 12,1887.

MEL/515555 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. IVINTRODE AND EDXVARD L. GRIFFITH, OF HUNTINGTON,

INDIANA.

F'OLDlNG FEED-BOX FOR WAGONS.

GPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,549, dated July 12, 1887.

Application filed May 9,1887. Serial No. 237,008.

To all whom it may concern.- v

Be it k nown that we, CHARLES E. WIN'rRoDE and EDWARD L. GRIFFITH, of Huntington,in the county of Huntington and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Iniprovements in Folding Feed-BoXes for \Vagons; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in folding feed boxes for wagons; and it consists in the combination of the wagon-bed, gates which are hinged thereto, the two folding parts or sections, which are hinged together but separate from the wagon-bed, and the hinged braces, which are connected to one of the sections or parts, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of our invention is to provide a wagon with 'a foot-board when the parts are arranged in one position, but which when arranged in another position form a feed-box for the team, thus forming a very handy and convenient attachment for a wagon.

Figure 1 is a front view of the parts arranged in position to form a foot-board. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a front view of the parts arranged in position to form a feed-box. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 5 is a perspective of the end of the wagon, with the two parts or sections removed, the gates being opened outward.

A represents the wagon-bed, and B the front end-board thereof. This board is held between the guides C, which are secured to the inner side of the front end of the wagon-bed in the usual manner. Secured to the ends of the outer sides of the front board, B, are suitable guides, D, behind which the ends of the board or section F are made to catch when the parts are arranged in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Hinged to this front board, B, at or near its ends are the gates G, which are closed inward against the end-board B, when the parts are arranged in the position shown in (No model.)

Figs. 1 and 2, to form a foot-board, but which are opened outward when the feed-trough is to be formed as shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5. Secured to the board B, at or near its lower edge and near each end, are the hooks H, which on gage with notched plates or recesses I, secured to or formed in the lower edge of the board or section F, and thus help to support the parts in position when forming a feedtrongh.

The gates G have recesses J in their inner sides, corresponding to hooks H, and into which the hooks sink when the gates are closed inward against the end of the board B. Secured in the top edge of the gates G are the staples L, which serve to catch in corresponding recesses in the lower edge of the board or sec tion F, when the parts are arranged to form a footboard, and thus prevent the gates G from swinging outward. Over these staples L the braces N always catch when a feedtrough is formed. Projecting flOllt the outer sides of the guides D, near their lower ends, are also staples 0, over which the lower ends of the braces N catch when a footboard is formed.

The two boards or sections F P are hinged together, as shown, and at the opposite ends of the sections P the braces N are loosely attached. Vhen it is desired to form a footboard, the section F is passed down behind the guides D, and the recesses in its lower edge are made to catch over the staples L upon the upper edge of the gates G, which are closed against the side of the end piece, B. The section 1? projects outward and upward from the upper edge of the sect-ion F,and it is supported in this position by means of the braces N, which have their lower ends to catch over the staples 0. To each brace N is fastened a hook by means of a chain or wire, and these hooks serve to prevent the braces from becoming detached from the staples.

WVhen a feed-box is to be formed, the braces N are detached from the staples O, the two sections F I? raised sufficiently high in the guides to free the staples O in the top edge of the gate from the notches in the lower edge of the board or section F, and then the gates are opened outward, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5. The sections P F are allowed to drop downward until the platesI in the lower edge of the board or section F catch over the hooks H on the board B, and then the section F is turned outward, as shown, it being supported in position both by the hooks H'and the bottom of the wagon-body, asshown. This section F is made shorter than the one P, so that the two gates G can be closed against the end of the section F, and then the sect-ion P bears against both the outer edges of the gates and the section F. The braces are then turned up over the top edge of the gates G and made to catch over the staples L, as shown. position a strong and substantial feed-box is formed, from which the team can be fed by merely reversing them into the position in front of the wagon.

Having thus described our invcntion, we claim 1. The combination of the wagon-bed, the

end-board provided with guides upon its outer side, the sections F P, the two sections or boards being hinged together,and one of which is made to catch behind the guides, the two gates which are hinged to the end of the board and form supports for the lower edge of the In this section F, the braces N, which are connected to the section P, and the staples O, substantially as shown.

2. The combination of the wagon-bed the end-board provided with the hooks H, the gates G, hinged to the end board and provided with the staples L, the section F, provided with the hooks I, the section P, hinged to the section F, the braces N, the hooks, and the fastening devices which are passed through 

